SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-57-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0978-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159337

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0978-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-57 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-25636: Fixed an issue which allowed a local users to gain privileges because of a heap out-of- bounds write in nf_dup_netdev.c, related to nf_tables_offload (bsc#1196299).
- CVE-2021-4001: Fixed a race condition when the EBPF map is frozen (bsc#1192990).
- CVE-2022-0492: Fixed a privilege escalation related to cgroups v1 release_agent feature, which allowed bypassing namespace isolation unexpectedly (bsc#1195543).
- CVE-2022-0487: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove() in drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c (bsc#1194516).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159337

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0978-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/30/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Percentile: 99.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25636

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_13-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_10-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_5-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-57-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_16-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/5/2026

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Docker cgroups Container Escape)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4001, CVE-2022-0487, CVE-2022-0492, CVE-2022-25636

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0978-1

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